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Materials Reports: Solid Waste and Ecomaterials Journal Invites Submissions
A New Journal Aims to Turn the World’s Solid Waste into Tomorrow’s Ecomaterials A new scientific journal is inviting researchers...
ACCESS Study Expands Potential Stem Cell Donor Options for Blood Cancer Patients
Blood cancer patients who cannot find a closely matched stem cell donor may soon have a broader path to transplantation....
Nickel Carbene Catalysts Enable Asymmetric Reduction of Internal Alkenes Through Heck Coupling
A new nickel-catalyzed reaction could give chemists a faster and more selective way to transform one of organic chemistry’s most...
UW–Madison Study Finds Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Does Not Worsen Symptoms
Depression is one of the world’s most widespread health conditions, affecting hundreds of millions of people and often returning after...
Heart backup blood vessels grow from capillaries—not arteries
Coronary artery disease has long been understood as a problem of obstruction: when a major vessel narrows or becomes blocked,...
Open-label trial examines glasmacinal’s effects on healthy adults’ gut microbiota
A drug designed to calm inflammation may leave a measurable signature in the gut, even when it is not being...
Recovering Valuable Resources from Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes: Challenges and Future Technologies
The world’s fast-growing fleet of electric vehicles and the rapid replacement of smartphones, laptops, and other electronic devices are creating...
Could Predatory Brain Immune Cells Be Destroying Nerve Cells in ALS?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has traditionally been described as a disease of motor neurons—the nerve cells that carry signals from...
Researchers move closer to detecting fractons in quantum spin liquids
Exotic Quantum Phase Could Turn Nearly Immobile Fractons Into a New Platform for Information Storage A new computational study has...
Could screening proteins linked to stroke and Alzheimer’s make transfusions safer?
A review and opinion article in The Lancet has raised the possibility that blood transfusions could, under rare and as-yet...
Newly discovered jungle snake named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash
A new species of groundsnake from the forests of New Guinea has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash,...
ALPaCA Adapts Llama for Pathology Context Analysis and Slide-Level Question Answering
Pathology has entered an era in which a single medical image can contain more information than any human can comfortably...
Brain barriers shape immune surveillance and immunotherapy responses in glioma
Gliomas are among the most difficult cancers to treat, not only because of their location and invasive growth, but also...
McGill researchers devise efficient method to flag AI responses needing human review
McGill University researchers have developed a more efficient way to build artificial intelligence systems that can recognize when they may...
Mapping gene and epigenetic changes that make undead cancer cells promote inflammation
Cancer treatments that stop tumors from growing may also leave behind a potentially dangerous population of “undead” cells, according to...
New study explains how RNA droplets may have helped start life
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Before the first cells enclosed chemistry inside membranes, life faced a basic logistical problem: molecules needed to...
Lab-grown brain models develop a sense of spatial awareness
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 — The human cerebral cortex is often portrayed as a single folded sheet of neural...
Spinach-Derived Peptide Discovery Points Toward Treatment for Citrus Greening Disease
A citrus greening treatment developed from antimicrobial peptides found in spinach has received unconditional registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Younger lung cancer patients more likely to harbor targetable mutations, study finds
Younger adults with non-small cell lung cancer are substantially more likely than older patients to carry genetic alterations that can...
Sex Differences and Atherosclerosis-Linked CT Patterns in Abdominal Fat
For decades, body fat has been reduced to a handful of numbers: body mass index, waist circumference and total fat...